Necktie case and presser.



G. B. SCHMUCKER.

NECKTIE CASE AND PRESSER.

APPLlcATloN FILED Dsc. u, 191s.

l Patentedsepu. 26,1916.

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GEORGE B. soHMUoKER, OF KEYWEST, FLORIDA.y 1

NECKTIE CASE AND PRESSER.

To all whom t may concern.'

' Be it known that I, GEORGE B. SGHMUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Key West, in the county of Monroe and State of Florida, have invented new and useful vImprovements in Necktie Cases and Pressers, of which the following is a speciiication.

rhe present invention relates to a combined case and presser for neckties or the like.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to construct a receptacle including a plurality of memberseach hingedly connected together at one of their edges and to provide the opposite edge with locking means whereby the members may be compressed against each other and whereby an article arranged between the members will be properly pressed to remove wrinkles therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of this character which serves as compartments for neckties or the like and which also provides means for pressing the same, the construction being such that a portion of the necktie or other garment disposed between the leaves of the case may be projected therefrom, so that the desired article may be removed from the case without necessitating the opening of all the members or leaves to determine the compartment in which the said desired article is positioned.

With theabove and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a central transverse sectional view through the device with the plates folded and locked, Fig. 4 is a view illustrating 4certain of the sections of the device in their open position, the neckties or other articles being removed.

While I will refer to my improvement as a combined case and presser for neckties it is to be understood that the same is not to be thus restricted in its useful'application, as the improvement may be employed as a Specification of Letters latent. .Patgntd Sept, 26, 1916. Application flied December 14.,` 1915. serial No..66,s79.

forced with metallic sheets when the covers and leaves are constructed of wood or other like material. The leaves of the covers l are hingedly connected with each other upon one of the longitudinal edgesv of the plates, as indicated by the characters 3 3, while one of the hinges upon the opposite longitudinal edge is provided with a pivoted hinge bolt 4 which is adapted to be received between the ears 5 provided by a substantially rectangular member 6 arranged upon the opposite cover l.

The numeral 7 designates a thumb screw i arranged upon the bolt 4 and which is adapted to contact with the member 6 to force the covers and leaves toward each other and to compress articles arranged between the same.

Each of the leaves 2 and one of the covers l upon its inner face and adjacent one of its ends is formed with a centrally arranged depression 8, the said depression having its Vnarrowest and deepest portion at the outer edge of the said members and gradually decreasing in depth and increasing in width therefrom and these depressions are of a width sufficient to permit of the reduced central connecting neck portions 9 of a necktie l0 being received therebetween, the widenedends of said tie'being arranged upon the smooth flat faces of the leaves and covers and are brought out of contact with each other.

The necktie is indicated` by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages lthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

' I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A combined case and holder for neckties comprising a plurality of rectangular plates, a pair of spaced hinge members upon one of the edges of the plates connecting all of the plates, means upon the opposite edge of -the plates for locking and compressing` the plates, and all of said plates except one of the outer plates having a depression entering from one of its ends and being deepest and narrowest at its said ends and from In testimony whereof I my signa-I 15 ture in presence of two Witnesses.

' GEORGE B. SCHMUCKER.

Witnesses:

J. R. ADAMS, CHALD F. LEON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiveicents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents, Washington, D. C. 

